Biographies:  Fred SCHIEFELBEIN, Augusta, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Fred Schiefelbein and his wife Emma (Schwenke) Schiefelbein, both born in 
Germany, came to Eau Claire county in 1884 and settled at Augusta.  They 
started farming in 1888 on forty acres of land.  They deeded the farm in 
1900 to their son August Herman Schiefelbein, who was born August 16, 1873, 
in Germany, and came with his parents to Eau Claire county in 1884.  He 
enlarge his property and now owns 315 acres of land.  He served the town 
of Lincoln three years as assessor and since 1912 has held the position 
of secretary of the Fall Creek Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company.  He 
attended the common public school in the town of Lincoln.  He married 
January 1, 1904, Emma Strasburg.


--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 561